Tambourine



- r Patented M t 9 19 1 I f the cou ity bf Kanniaz'oomd state of Michjj'invented ja 'new and Improved .f Tambourine sm-1 1 i "o'f whmh follow n sf a descripti I v I V OI'll'S general object to prov de a ftambQ'urnre improved in va; nous partlcularshavlng. 1n view thefl orov sion of an assemblage'of-jingle elements so 1 positionedasTto'produce effective jingling."

further :object oftheQin'vention is .10 7 I i .side of the frame 10 extending lengthwiseoo 1 pro'vide injassociation with-the jingle elements' a novel castanet assemblage so asse ciated withifal;soundinggboard "as-to be ef= fectiv'e in the'playingot theta-mbourine.

QThe invention. also ha's' for an important 'objectfl o p ide tambourine effectively:

braced to; possess thema ximumistren'gth and I at the same ti'm'e'jto present .a highly attrac- '-'it-ivefappearance.

Thenature' of. my "invention "its dis- Y i tinguis'hing features i and; advantages will J ,;"clearly appear 'as the description proceeds.

Reference is tobe h'adto the accompany- Qing drawings forming-a part 'of-thisrspecifi- @cation. it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative ;of one exam p1e,of the invention. v E';Figure;.1.is a plaii'view; of a tambourine T embodyingmyinvention; 1

@Figure 2 is' a transve'rse'yertical section} takenas inclicated;by; the line 2.2, Fig-Q ure lj. I J:

In constructing a tambourme 1n accord;

'ance with my invention; a three-sided frame 10 is provided, the sides and angles heing curvilinear. Associated-with each curvilinear side; oftheframe 10 is ajbrace 11 the ends fof which are'held to a the frame 10 through the'interposition of spacing blocks f l 2 between the endsofa brace 11 and the 'fa'djacent, curvilinear side of the frame 10.

1-' .Thus,1a' braceextends acrossthe base of the curve represented by". the I adjacent curved 1 i V s ide'.'"". f;Alongi one edge, which 1 injpractice isv ""{the 'back edgef of the tambourine, is! a rein- I forcing-strip or, ihead 1 3. :At each angle of cli11'al. s1ot 15 crossed by pinslfion which are looselyf1nounted jingle elements said. slot-'55 Y bei'ng wide enough to allow-movement of the j elements 17 along the pins 16- addition-to i the turning -movement 'permit ted said elev 1 nents.- "Thusgl the braces: are utilized for mounting the jingle elements" 17 within the frame10. In addition to the jingle elements. 17 I provide exterior jingle elements 'as follows:

Metallic strips 18 are provided'at each thereof and secured at their e'njd's by rivets 19 or other equivalent means; 'The 'stri s 18; are offset for their major portions'land t "e space between a strip 18; and the jez'z'terior surfaceof the adjacent sideiofithe framelO .70 I

crossed bypins 116 corresponding with t e will be'observed that bythe described ar- 3 rangement the jingle? elements 17-; are in planes at right an les to the plane s ofthe jingle elementsfl'l wherebv effective jingling will beproduced by oneseries of jingle elements or the other. irrespective of the dif rection"ofJmovement impartedto thetambourine by; the player. 'Extending from that brace 11 at thebase of they triangular V figure presentedb'y the braces is a sounding 35 board 20 extending'from saidbase to the? 1 apex of the frame 10 and therefore to the convergent ends of the remaining two braces 11. Said board 2O isoiwood' and attached thereto are a series of flat castanets 21 also of wood. Thecastanets 21 are ofvarious sizes to give forth varioufs sounds and each casta netis, secured to the board- 20 detachably,

there}; being employed for the purpose in the illustrated example :a'thread or cord- 22 1 laced through short shanks 122 onthezcas-f; 'tanets'and through theso-unding board 20. The securing -by;-the threads or cords 22 -is a done. in such a nianner 'asl tor-lend flexibility" pins 16. On thepinsllfi are looselyfl turnable and slidable jin 1e elements 117. 

